Drinking-fountain attachment.



11. L. CUNNINGHAM. 7 DRINKING FOUNTAIN ATTACHMENT.

- APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 5. 1914.

To all tom, it may concern. Be 1 lrnown that-I, JAMES L. Genuine HAM. a-citizen of the United States, residin at Vilmington, in the county [of Newcastle and State o f Del-aware,have' invented new and useful Improvements in Drinking- Fountain Attachments, of which the follow ing is a specification. v p

This invention relates to drinking foun'' tains, and particularly to a sanitaryguard for a fountain of. this class, and the primary object of. the same is to provide means in connection with thelx'vater outlet of a drink-1 ing fountain to prevent contact ofthelips', chin, beard or any part of the face of the user with said outlet, when drinking, toavoid disease germ and uncleanlyfcontamr.

nation in any nianner of the water outlet or partsadjacent thereto, and thereby preserve;

drinking fountainsin a perfectly sanitary and safely usable condition.

The invention consists in.

will be more fully hereinafter described and claimed. ,7 v v l 1 In the drawing: Figure 1 is a side eleva tion of a drinking fountainembodying the features of the inventionl Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the improved guard attachment particularly embodying the features of the invention. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section on the line 3-3, Fig, 2;

The numeral 5 designates a water su ly connection or pipe having-a suitable valvefi which will be provided with any preferred form .of device for engagement with the valve stem end 7 for controlling the flow of the water through the connection. The supply connectionor pipe 5 is shown as projecting outwardly from a wall or upright support 8, but such disposition of the connection or pipe maybemodified at will. Below the connection or pipe 5 is a catch basin oropen tank 9 into which the unused waterflows I screw-threaded extremity 12 for attachment to the outer end of the connection or pipe 5,

and rising'from the outer portion of this elbow is anuprighthaving a jet outlet'or water supplyexit 13'." Extendingoutwardly in Specification of Letters Iatent; .P f fa Ju ies 1915 Application filed September 5, 19 1}. Serial No.860421. "i

with opposite portions of" the jet outlet;

the preferred construction and arrangement of parts whlch close approach to the jet outlet. water supply flaring curved lines and in opposite{*dirctions from the jetoutlet or watersupply exit 13' areguard arms 14; of equal' .lenlgth an termmating lIl'COIlVBX or. sphericaliheads'15}f Theseiguard arms 14 are integrallyformed"v ter supply exit or noz'zle' 13"at'adistance from'the'free end of the-latter sothat the: I water has.freegpressure"expulsion:fromztlie i said outlet. The guard arms 14 .ha've a fixed position relatively to the jet outlet or "watf supplyfeX'it 13, the, said arms being ind pendent of'the valve 680 faras the opera tioniof thelatter isconcernedu It is desired] that the terminals of the arm s l lnalways have a predetermined distance from the 'jet' outlet or Water supply exit 13 to preventth user from reaching the'outletor supply" 8x113 with the lips, and, moreover, it will be seen that the jet outlet, water'supply exitor noz zle' 13 and the arms Mare preferably slightly inc-lined outwardly, as clearly shown by'FigQl]: 1", relatively to a perpendicular line so: that the water will flow over towardfthe 1 front after passing upwardly between the guard arms.

lVhen drinking from the remain-en. bodying the improved guard attachment. the"; user 'dis oses his mouth between'and prefer? 1 ably a s ort distance above the headsf15 of=- a the arn'asl i j and takes the water. expelled outwardly between the said ar1n's.'a'nd* too exit or nozzle 13 is prevented by the spheri- 1 v cal heads striking the cheeks of the user. the I armsl being such length and; distance apart as to defeat any attempt toenga'ge the. lips or any part of the face of the u'sernvith the end of the jet outlet: water supply ex-ltor 9 nozzle 13.. Moreover, the 'water is''e'xpelled?' between the arms 14 andlnot from-the latter, and-does, not touch the arms and isln'otr'e' tained adjacent to the arms-.but falls below. in the catch basin 9 from which it'islrapidl'y drained by the pipe-10. In additicnQani dividual drinking cup or other yessel can b,,-f filled from this attachment. thus makin it"; unnecessary to have other connections", valves, etc, for the purpose OffiIlingsuch cups orvessels. a g 1 v j The angle or flare and general proportions" and dimensions of the arms 14mayloevaried, 1" at will. It ispreferable that the waterahe expelled from the jet outlet, supply exit or-;:

nozzle 13 -Withf=gSilh force that it iilayfbe j conveniently re" d 'by the user-without forceful so that the user can rest his cheeks against the said heads with equal efficiency "in the function of the guard attachment,

res ting his cheeks'against the heads 15, but

theexpulsion force of the Water may be less e W r-O tjet or nozzle 13 is, shown arranged todirect thev water upwardly, and

the arms 14 and heads 15 are 'corresp0ndingl y arr'angedfbut it-will be understood that the jet'or' nozzle- 13 might bearrangedm toje'x'pel the water in a. horizontal plane or fat" an angle to a horizontal plane.

From the foregoing it will be seen that no 7 pa n 1 f the face of "the user of the improved attachment comes into contact'with the lat-.

ter'exceptportions of the oppositecheeks ,Whichbear'upon the free ends of-the'arrns 'l tithe chin andnose bein clear of any part of the'attachment. The arms Mare of such preferred length that it will be impossible to? engage theoutlet nozzle or water supply exit 13 with the lips.

Therefore, the 1m:

proved-Lattachmentis exceptionally sanitary in fitsus'e by reason of'the fact'that contamination of parts of the same is reduced to. a

- minimum and also the structure is simplified and thecost of manufacture and application is'al'so materially reduced. Another advantageous; feature of the improved attachment isthat it may be readily applied to any water supply'means without modifying the structure of the latter or making any "changes in the attachment to adapt the same to different applications.

The improved attachment is simple". in construction, canibecheaply manufactured ,from any suitable material, and can be readily applied to any drinking fountain supply pipe or connection having a suitable screw-threaded end, -or.,the attachment can 1 be connected to a water supply p pe'by any means adapted to practically secure orti-x itthreto. a

I jecting above the nozzle, the upper'extremi- W hat is claimed is 1. 1A drinking fountain attachment, com- "prising an outlet nozzle having" means forattachment to a Water connection, and independentydiverging guard arms attached,

respectively, at thei'rjlo'wer extremities to diametrically oppositeflfportions of the'noz-" 21c; and having theiriu' pper extremities proties of said arms ad'apted 'toengage the checks of the user and remaining during the drinking act at substantially the same distancefrom the supply connection and the outlet of the nozzle to obviate contact of any other part' of the face of the user with the attachment and all contact Withthe nozzle.

-A:drinking-fountain attachment comprlsing an outlet nozzle having means for attachment to a supply c'onneetion'aand provided with a passagefor the cons-tant flow of water therethrough and upwardly therefrom and guard armsattached to opposite portions of said nozzle and'eXtending-equally outwardly and upwardly therefrom and having unconnected extremities for engagement with the cheeks of the user; said guard arms remaining constan t'ly'at thesame elevation above the supply 0011116060114 8. A drinking fountain attachment comi prising an outlet nozzle having means for attachment to a supply pipe and a passage forthe constant flow of water therethrough, and guard arms secured tosaid nozzle and extending laterally and upwardly therefrom for engagement with the cheeks only of the user to obviate contact of any other part of the face of the user with the attachment and all contact with the nozzle, the free ends of 'saidarms remainin'g during the drinking act at the same distance above the supply connection. v

4.A drinking fountain attachment comprising an outlet. nozzle forming part of a" connection for engagement with awater supply pipe, guard arms integrally formed with opposite portions of the nozzle and extending'outwardlyfrom the latter and having free unconnected extremities for engagement with the cheeks of the userat such a distancefrom the nozzle as to obviate contact of any other part ofthe face of the user With'the attachment and all contact with the nozzle. a d

- In'testimony whereof'I have hereunto set mv hand inpresenee of two subscribing witnesses.--- a p 1 v 1 JAMES ennu -senate: Witnesses I *JAMESRIVCARMER, c

Joni .OA'KLEY GRIFFITH. 

